1. Cyberbullying: An Old Problem with a New Twist By: Stephanie Yates

2. Cyberbullying??  Defined by Nancy Willard as –“being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material or engaging in other forms of social aggression using the Internet or other digital technologies”

3. Forms of Cyber bullying  Exclusion  Flaming  Harassment  Outing  Trickery  Impersonation  Denigration  Cyber stalking

4. Where it occurs  Rarely occurs at school though it creates a number of problems within schools  Occurs 24/7  No safe place to hide

5. Who are the bullies?  Classmates  Stranger or an anonymous person  Cyber bullying by proxy

6. Effects  Can cause low self-esteem, depression, avoidance, poor grades and anger  60% of youths believe online bullying is as bad or worse than real-life bullying  Afraid to use technology that they are expected to use

7. Who can help  41.5% of victims tell no one  38% tell an online friend  Reluctant to tell adults because: –Afraid nothing can be done to help –Do not want to appear weak –Afraid parents will limit their use of computer and/or cell phone

8. What can we as educators do?  Instruct teens on safe Internet practices  Keep up to date on changes in technology  Watch and limit bullying situations in real-life  Involve students in anti-bully campaigns

9. What else can be done?  Provide students with online communication skills  Be aware of warning signs that a student is the victim of cyber bullying or a cyber bully themselves  Promote responsible behavior in students –Strong moral values –Healthy social expectations

10. Legal Implications  Tinker Standard: –School officials may intervene only when there is a substantial and material threat of disruption or interference with the rights of other students  Hazelwood Standard: –School officials may impose educationally-based restrictions

11. Resources  http://www.cyberbullying.us/01_cyberbullyingfactsheet.pdf http://www.cyberbullying.us/01_cyberbullyingfactsheet.pdf  http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullyin_emotional_conse quences http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullyin_emotional_conse quences http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullyin_emotional_conse quences  http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullying_warning_signs. pdf http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullying_warning_signs. pdf http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullying_warning_signs. pdf  http://www.cyberbullying.us/safe_responsible_social_netw orking.pdf http://www.cyberbullying.us/safe_responsible_social_netw orking.pdf http://www.cyberbullying.us/safe_responsible_social_netw orking.pdf  http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php  http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/disinhibition.pdf http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/disinhibition.pdf  http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/cbctpresentation.pdf http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/cbctpresentation.pdf  http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/cbcteducator.pdf” http://www.cyberbully.org/docs/cbcteducator.pdf  New bottle but Old Wine: A Research of cyberbullying in schools” by Qing Li